November 04, 2015

Related Languages - Lao, Pali, Sanskrit

If you've never seen this before, you'll be interested to see the progression that has brought us modern day written Lao language.

The following is borrowed from a post on Bailane.com.  There are some interesting graphs showing the comparisons between Sanskrit, Pali, Old Lao, and current Lao scripts. 

Buddhist monks in Laos are required to learn Pali.




Source link:  http://www.bailane.com/Blog/ViewBlog.aspx?sid=111&hid=32522

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